MikeLigalig.com

More at: http://en.paperblog.com/sacred-monkey-forest-sanctuary-ubud-indonesia-1088043/

The Ubud Monkey Forest is a nature reserve and Hindu temple complex in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. Its official name is the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary (Balinese Mandala Suci Wenara Wana), and its name as written on its welcome sign is the Padangtegal Mandala Wisata Wanara Wana Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary. The Ubud Monkey Forest is a popular tourist attraction and is often visited by over 10,000 tourists a month.

The Monkey Forest lies within the village of Padangtegal, which owns it. The village's residents view the Monkey Forest as an important spiritual, economic, educational, and conservation center for the village. --Wiki

He credits his interest in fungi to another fascinating aspect of many mushrooms around the world: their hallucinogenic properties. During college, Stamets spent a lot of time in the Ohio woods, where he first tried psilocybin mushrooms. They had a profound effect on him, and after his first experience, his persistent stutter went away. He later quit a logging job, because the work was destroying mushroom habitat, and began studying fungi at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.

Since then, his research has led to fascinating discoveries of multiple possible purposes for fungi, including nuclear decontamination, water filtration, biofuels, increasing agricultural yields, pest control and medicines.

Research is also shedding light on potential benefits of the psychotropic properties of mushrooms, such as the 144 species that contain psilocybin. Indigenous people have long used hallucinogenic mushrooms for ceremonial, spiritual and psychological purposesâ€"and with good reason, it turns out. Psilocybin has been shown to improve the brain’s connectivity. Researchers are finding the chemical can help combat depression, anxiety, fear and other disorders, and increase creativity and openness to new experience. This makes them potentially beneficial for post-traumatic stress, addiction and palliative care treatments.

We humans have made a lot of technological and scientific advances, and this sometimes gives us the sense that we’re above or outside of nature, that we can do things better. Sometimes it takes a fascinating lifeform like a mushroom to shake us from our hubris and show us how much we have yet to learn about the world and our place in it.

Research by Suzanne Simard at the University of British Columbia found that Douglas fir and paper birch trees transfer carbon back and forth through the mycelia, and other research shows they can also transfer nitrogen and phosphorous. Simard believes older, larger trees help younger trees through this process. She found that the smaller trees’ survival often depends on large “mother trees” and that cutting down these tree elders leaves seedlings and smaller trees more vulnerable.

Researchers in China found trees attacked by harmful fungi are able to warn other trees through the mycelia networks, and University of Aberdeen biologists found they can also warn other plants of aphid attacks.

It all adds to our growing understanding of how interconnected everything on our planet is, and how our actionsâ€"such as cutting down large “mother” treesâ€"can have unintended negative consequences that cascade through ecosystems.

Scientists are also finding that fungi can be useful to humans beyond providing food and helping us make cheese, bread, beer and wine. Stamets believes mushrooms can be employed to clean up oil spills, defend against weaponized smallpox, break down toxic chemicals like PCBs and decontaminate areas exposed to radiation.

There’s far more to mushrooms than the stems and caps that poke above ground. Most of the organism is a mass of thin underground threads called mycelia. These filaments form networks that help plants, including trees, connect to each other, through structures called mycorrhizae. 

Scientists believe about 90 per cent of land-based plants are involved in this mutually beneficial relationship with fungi. Plants deliver food to the mushroom, created by photosynthesis, and the filaments, in turn, assist the plants to absorb water and minerals and to produce chemicals that help them resist disease and other threats. And, of course, a myriad of other life forms benefit from the healthy plants.

The structure and function of the mycelial networks and their ability to facilitate communication between physically separated plants led mycologist Paul Stamets to call them “Earth’s natural Internet.” He’s also noted their similarity to brain cell networks. According to a Discover article, “Brains and mycelia grow new connections, or prune existing ones, in response to environmental stimuli. Both use an array of chemical messengers to transmit signals throughout a cellular web.”

http://ecowatch.com/
Dr. David Suzuki | November 4, 2015 1:14 pm


Until 1969, biologists thought mushrooms and other fungi were plants. They’re actually more closely related to animals, but with enough differences that they inhabit their own distinct classification.

This and more recent findings about these mysterious organisms illustrate how much we have yet to learn about the complexities of the natural world. New research reveals mushrooms can even help plants communicate, share nutrients and defend themselves against disease and pests.



There’s far more to mushrooms than the stems and caps that poke above ground. Photo credit: Shutterstock

Patuga-tuga ra man ning Tsayna...

Aw, nia na man diay update...



Nikanaog kay gigutom ibabaw sa lubi sud sa lima ka adlaw
Ni Jojo C. Ugdol/EIM (Banat) | Updated November 5, 2015 - 12:00am


CEBU, Philippines - Gumikan sa kagutom, kauhaw ug kakapoy mikanaog na ang usa ka lalaki lima ka adlaw nga nagtungtong ibabaw sa punoan sa lubi sa barangay Kambantog lungsod sa Argao kagahapon sa buntag.

Ang mikanaog gikan sa ibabaw sa lubi mao si Nicaror Alviola Jr., 35, nagpuyo sa maong dapit.

Sumala pa ni Senior Inspector Alejandro Batobalonos, hepe sa Argao Police nga nahinabi sa Banat News gikapoy na ang mga tawo, polis ug mga rescuers sa pagpaabot nga mokanaog si Alviola mao nga ila na lang kining gibiyaan niadtong Martes sa gabii.

Apan kagahapon sa buntag nakurat na lang ang mga ginikanan ni Nicanor sa dihang kalit kining mibutho sa ilang balay nga nangita og pagkaon ug mainom.

Matud pa ni Batobalonos nga gikapoy na kini ibabaw sa lubi bisan nag-ulan ug init sukad pa niadtong Sabado nga way kaon ug tubig nga giinom.

“Ako man tong giingnan ang ginikanan nga dili patagaan og pagkaon, tubig kay aron manaog,” sumala pa ni Batobalonos.

Nasuta nga nihubag na ang samad sa iyang duha ka bukton nga giingong iyang gilaslas sa wala pa kini misaka sa taas sa lubi.

“Gipangutana man ni siya og nganong dili siya monaog, ang ingon niya nga lima ka adlaw daw siya magpuyo didto, mura’g ni-check in, unya ikalima man ron nga adlaw (kagahapon), nanaog gyud hinuon,” saysay pa ni Batobalonos.

Gibutyag usab ni Batobalonos nga niadtong adlaw nga Martes sa miaging semana gigalgal sa usa ka higala si Alviola ug gipugos sa pagsuyop og drugas ug pagbalik niini sa ilang balay nagsige na kini og yawyaw nga adunay tawong gustong mopatay kaniya. (BANAT NEWS)

Nigawas intawon ang iyang mother's instinct...

Aw, basin naa diay siyay 3-meter wingspan...

Hmm, ayaw lang gud palabi og patambok. He he, usa man diay ka sa mga ligngin og nawong...

Susmarisep! Ayaw ingnang kalapati basin hinuon molupad si Bay Kanor...

Grandstanding na pud si Ondoy Alan Peter... 

http://www.lifewithdogs.tv/
11/04/2015 POSTED BY KATHERINE


A stray female dog from Campinas, Brazil, is being called an “angel sent from the heavens” after the homeless pet saved the life of a newborn baby boy.



Photo credit: seamosmasanimales.com


The dog who was scavenging for food in a garbage dump came across the newborn who still had the umbilical cord attached. The smart dog gently carried the baby in her mouth out of the dump, walked a few hundred feet to the closest house and handed the baby over to helpful humans hands. There, as if asking “please help him,” the dog showed the humans the baby and left him to their care.

The home residents rushed the baby to the nearest hospital and doctors carefully cared for the tiny newborn. Medical representatives said the baby boy is in great condition and was unharmed by the dog.Local residents are in disbelief that a mother would be willing to dump her newborn in a dump just minutes after giving birth. Authorities are now looking for her, the worst mother ever.Thanks to this gentle stray dog, the baby boy is alive today.

Quote from: islander on November 04, 2015, 06:06:08 PM
salamat. tinuboan ra baya tawon nang akong sinena.

Ah, mao bay rason nga morag aburido ka? O kaha you're just your normal self here as a superbratcat?

Here's an update...



Pulis nagdudang lalake nag-unay og sunog
Ni ARNOLD BUSTAMANTE


NAGDUDA ang Pardo police station nga namakak ang lalakeng nangangkon nga siya gisunog sa pito ka mga tawo sa bukirang dapit sa dakbayan sa Sugbo niadtong Lunes sa buntag.

Mga pamahayag ni Daniel Uy, 27, napalgan sa kapulisan nga di tinuod dihang ilang gibisita ang Barangay Buot aron pag-imbestigar.

Ilang susihon kon wa ba magsunog sa kaugali­ngon si Uy human buwagi sa iyang hinigugma nga taga Brgy. Sudlon 1, bukirang dapit sa dakbayan sa Sugbo.

Kini human ilang nasuta nga nisuway na kini paghikog sa miaging tuig.

Nakit-an usab siya sa dapit nga maorag wa sa kaugalingon nga nagsige og ihap sa mga kahoy.

Si Chief Insp Michael Angelo Beltran, hepe sa Pardo police station, nag­kanayon nga duna na siyay gitahasan nga team nga mopalawom sa imbestigasyon.

Apan ang igsuong babaye ni Uy nga ilang nahinabi nitug-an nga dunay suicidal tendency ang iyang manghod.
Kon di kini mahatagan sa iyang gusto, mosuway nig kutlo sa iyang kinabuhi.

Sa inisyal nga kasayuran nga nakuha ni Beltran sa iyang mga tawo nga ningtungas sa bukid, way makatestigo nga dunay pagpanunog sa sitio Lunas, Buot.

Ang tanang lugar nga gitug-an ni Uy kanila ilang gisubay sama sa giingong punoan sa kahoy nga maoy gibitayan ug dayon siya giduslitan.

Way nakitang timailhan nga dunay agi sa sunog.

Gisaysay usab niya nga sa dihang napawong na ang kayo sa iyang lawas, nisakay siya og kabaw paingon sa Barangay Sudlon aron magpatabang.

Sa pagsusi sa kapulisan sa mga mag-uuma, way kabaw nga nawala.

Nasuta usab sa mga doktor nga gawas sa mga paso sa lawas ni Uy, duna kiniy mga samad sa tiyan nga daw sa gihiwa-hiwa agi sa blade.

Nakakuha ang mga pulis og usa ka itom nga bag sa dapit nga giingong didto siya gisunog.

Ang sulod sa bag pulos binoak nga bildo sa botelya nga posibling maoy gigamit sa paghiwa-hiwa sa iyang tiyan.

Kagahapon sa hapon, nahinabi sa mga imbestigador ang hinigugma sa biktima nga si Esmeralda Tabura, taga Brgy. Sudlon 1.

Matod niya nga mo­abot na og usa ka tuig sukad sila nagkabuwag.

Giingong na-discouraged siya tungod sa pagtuo nga duna kini deperensya sa pangisip.

Matag panahon nga iya ning buwagan, mohulga kini nga magpakamatay.

Nagkauyab ang duha sa dihang nagtungha pa sila sa college.


Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Cebu Nobiembre 05, 2015.

Ang mga ginikanan nitug-an nga gitawag nila si Kanor niadtong Biyernes sa buntag kay papamahawon, apan wa mogawas nanira sa balay kay nagyawyaw ug nahadlok kay dunay tawo nga mopatay kaniya.

Ang mga ginikanan ug silingan nibutyag nga si Kanor nagumon sa ilegal nga drugas hinungdan nga gibiyaan sa asawa usa ka tuig na ang milabay ug gibilin ang usa nila ka anak.

Nagtuo ang mga kabanay nga milakaw kini hinungdan nga gipangita nila pero wa makit-i hangtud nga pagka-Lunes sa alas 8 sa buntag nga didto na sa ibabaw sa puno-an sa lubi duol sa ilang balay.

Sa kahadlok sa mga kabanay nanawag silag mga pulis ug barangay officials aron kombinsiron si Kanor sa pagkanaug.

Mga alas 6 kagahapon sa buntag didto gihapon si Alviola sa ibabaw sa puno-an sa lubi.

Ang mga rescuer nisuway sa pagsaka aron kuhaon unta siya apan nikuhag sab og bunga sa lubi kay tagakan unta niya ang mo-rescue hinungdan nga nanganaog.

“Mura na siyag unggoy sa ibabaw kay nagsabak siya sa bunga sa lubi, naglingkod sa mga palwa unya kon dunay mosaka, iaksyon niyag hagbong,” dugang ni Canada.


Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Cebu Nobiembre 04, 2015.

Ni GUAM P. LOGROÃ'O


MAG-UUMA nga gituohang high pa sa drugas wa pa mokanaug sa lubi nga iyang gikatkatan sukad niadtong hapon sa Kalagkalag.

Mga pulis gikapoy na lang sa paghangyo kang Kanor (di tinuod nga ngan), 30, buwag sa asawa, sa pagkanaug apan nagsige ra og lingu-lingo.

Bisan ang iyang mga kabanay sa Barangay Kanbantog, Argao napakyas pagkombinser kaniya.

Sa katapusang tawag sa Sun.Star Superbalita sa kapulisan sa lungsod mga alas 4:00 sa hapon kagahapon, wa gihapon siya mokanaug.

Si PO3 Eliezer Canada, alert team leader sa Argao Police Station nga nahinabi sa Sun.Star Superba­lita, nagkanayon nga si Kanor nikatkat sa lubi nga 50 ka tiil ang gitas-on.

Ang ginikanan ug mga kabanay nakabantay kang Kanor nga nausab ang paminsar niadtong Biyernes sa buntag kay nagsigeg yawyaw ug wa na mokaon.

Gituohan nila nga nisuyop kinig shabu niadtong Huwebes uban sa ig-agaw niini.

He he, bitaw. Kapila na kaha intawon maingon ani si Aylandil...

Quote from: islander on October 26, 2015, 01:59:04 PM
The question, "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?" has been used many times as a dismissal of medieval angelology in particular, and of scholasticism in general. The phrase has been used also to criticize figures such as Duns Scotus and Thomas Aquinas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB2hhgjlgFE

Ni Decemay P. Padilla ug Rowena Capistrano (Banat) | Updated November 4, 2015 - 12:00am


CEBU, Philippines â€" Mohimo mas lawom nga imbestigasyon ang kapolisan kabahin sa usa ka lalaking nalandig sa tambalanan ug nangangkong gigapos, gibitay ug gisilaban sa mga lalaki ug babaye diha sa kabukiran sa Sudlon Uno, ning dakbayan sa Sugbo kagahapon sa buntag. Gibutyag ni Chief Inspector Michael Angelo Beltran, hepe sa Pardo Police Station nga usa ka Daniel Uy ang nangangkong gidaoban ug anaa karon sa Cebu City Medical Center.

Matud pa Marvin Decatoria, ang chief tanod sa barangay  sa Banat News dali silang miadto sa lugar human nila nadawat ang report, ug matud pa ilang nakita nga dunay grabeng kadaut sa buko-buko ug sa kilid sa lawas ug adunay mga garas sa tiyan si Uy maong ila kining gidala sa tambalanan.

Sumala pa ni Decatoria, si Uy nihapit sa ilang barangay hall alas-4 sa hapon niadtong Lunes kay duna kini giduaw nga usa ka babayeng nagpuyo didto. Matud pang Decatoria, si Uy nangangkon nga naglaba siya sa atabay nianang tungora dihang kalit lang kining giduol og tulo ka tawo ug gitabangan siya og gapos ug gibitay sa kahoy dayon gisilaban.Swerte nga nabugto ang pisi ug naligid siya sa ubos hangtud nga nakaikyas.

Apan sigon pa ni Beltran, si Uy nangangkon usab nga sakop sa usa ka Non Government Organization apan nasuko kaniya iyang mga kauban human sila migawas sa grupo.

"I-validate ni namo kay ang igsuon pud ani kay nihatag og background nga kun duna na siyay gusto nga dili matuman labi na og mabuwagan og uyab mo - attempt ni siya og hikog," matud ni Beltran.

Giadto sa kapulisan ang lugar diin matud pa nahitabo ang paggapos ug pagsunog apan walay nakitang lama o inagian sa sunog sa lugar.  â€" /EIM) (BANAT NEWS)

Still from The Great Vanderbilt Panty Raid, 1952

Ni EDGAR FUERZAS


COTABATO CITY -- Usa ka babaye nga nakigrelasyon og minyo nga lalaki gilatos sa mga opisyal sa Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) sa alas 2:40 sa hapon niadtong Dominggo.

Mga pangalan sa mga nahisgutan gitago isip hangyo sa mga kabanay gumikan sa sobrang kaulaw nga ilang gibati sa hitabo.

Ang paglatos sa babaye gikompirma ni Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM) Spokesman Abu Misry Mama.

Suma ni Mama nga ilang napamatud-an nga pulos nakasala ang babaye ug lalaki hinungdan nga gisilutan sila pinaagi sa balaod sa Shariah Court.

Moabot sa 100 ka latos sa lipak sa kawayan ang gisilot sa babaye nga gipangunayan mismo sa mga opisyal sa BIFF.

Samtang napatay sab ang lalaki human nga misukol sa dihang gisulayan og dakop didto sa Datu Salibo, Maguindanao Province.


Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Davao Nobiembre 03, 2015.

Quote from: islander on November 04, 2015, 12:02:14 PM
don't take us for fools, councilor and congressman-wanna-be.  your name in those bottles is meant to stir name recall.  that's e-pal by any other name.

hatag, hatag.  no strings attached.  how's that for honesty in public service? 

Ang tubag ni konsehalhal: "Don't take me for a fool, Ms. Commenter..."

Haw supirkyut! Yu ar porgibin, kyuti pai...

A lot of fads of the 1930s like goldfish swallowing and six-day racing saw their popularity diminish drastically thanks to World War II. Then, after the war, came a period of calmness as people eagerly anticipated what would become the next big thing. In 1949, they got their answerâ€"college boys breaking into the girls’ dorms and making off with their underwear.

Most of us are familiar with panty raids from college movies, but they reached the peak of their popularity in the 1950s. The first instance of this happening was in 1949 at Augustana College in Illinois. The goal there was not to steal underwear, but just to cause general commotion. However, some pranksters made off with a few pairs of lingerie, and the term “panty raid” was used by the press.

Thanks to the extensive coverage by the media, panty raids become a popular college prank all over the nation. By 1952, it was an “epidemic” plaguing over 50 different universities. College kids were not deterred even though they risked expulsions, arrests, and even tear gas attacks on several occasions. The female students were usually aware of the raids and sometimes even assisted the boys. This was more about rebelling against authority and sexual repression than it was about college kids being little pervs. The University of California, Berkeley, holds the dubious honor of “largest panty raid”â€"in 1956, over 2,000 students took part in a panty raid that caused over $20,000 in damages. -- http://listverse.com/

Hmm, wa ta kahibawo, basin made in China's artificial islands...

...and this is me:

Quote from: islander on October 16, 2015, 04:51:03 PM
sorry ha? duda gyod ko basta manorya ni hubag...

Hmm, OK. So this is you...

He said that at every start of the 15 meetings held with Chinese officials, they would repeatedly assert China’s “indisputable sovereignty over South China Sea.”

Cuisia said every such meeting with Chinese officials would only last less than five minutes each time.

Cuisia also believes the U.S. can no longer return to the Philippines even with a “basing” agreement but on a “rotating” setup under the Visiting Forces Agreement or under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement.

He said Philippines can never be beholden to China either although Beijing is Manila’s largest trading partner in 2014.

“We are not a debtor to China,” Cuisia said.

“The decision was unanimous in favor of the Philippines,” Cuisia told the Filipino community members here.

Cuisia said the decision was a clear victory for the Philippine government officials led Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario during the hearing at the Hague.

According to Cuisia, Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio had invoked the Washington Treaty of 1900 as one of the pieces of evidence in arguing for the arbitral tribunal to assume jurisdiction of the case.

He described Carpio’s research on the matter as the “most comprehensive research on the issue.”

During the forum, Cuisia debunked the claims of China that the Philippines never settled the issue bilaterally.

The treaty made the Philippines a territory of the U.S. following the defeat of Spain. On July 4, 1946, in the ashes of World War II, the U.S. granted the Philippines independence.

On Thursday, the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled it had jurisdiction over the case brought against China by the Philippines, which wants the tribunal to define the country’s maritime entitlements under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Both the Philippines and China have both ratified, should be used to resolve the maritime dispute over isolated reefs and islets in the South China Sea.

China has refused to participate in the proceedings, arguing the case is about sovereignty in which the court has no jurisdiction.

03 Nov 2015 


CHICAGO (Philippine Star) â€" A little-known Washington Treaty of 1900 that amended the 1898 Treaty of Paris will be among the documents the Philippine government will present at the hearing of the arbitral tribunal in the Hague on Nov. 23.

Philippine Ambassador to the U.S. Jose Cuisia revealed Friday that the Washington Treaty included the Spratly Islands as part of the Philippines after it was discovered that the map under the Treaty of Paris had left out the disputed islands.

If this treaty is confirmed, the United States will lose its neutrality in the South China Sea dispute between the Philippines and China because it was a signatory to the Washington Treaty, Cuisia pointed out.

Under the Treaty of Paris on Dec. 10, 1898, Spain ceded the Philippines to the United States for $20 million.

Quote from: hubag bohol on November 03, 2015, 03:50:30 PM
“Di na take advantage kay wa man koy gibutang diha nga ‘for congressman.’ Councilor man na akong gibutang diha (It’s not taking advantage since I did not put something like ‘for congressman.’ I only put Councilor),” he said. “Ako unya nang ilisan (I will soon change that),” he jokingly adds.

Sakto jud ka, halangdong konsehalhal...

Beneficiaries

The barangays whom Carillo have already given bottled water to include Barangays Calamba, San Nicolas Proper, Pahina San Nicolas and Babag, among others.

Asked about this, Mayor Michael Rama said yesterday he doesn’t want to comment about the matter.

“If it is over, then it is over. I don’t have to comment about it if they are probably being creative and what we call possessing some initiative. If it will be something against them, I don’t know. Whether it will favor them, for sure it will. Lose some, win some na siya,” he said.

It was Rama who issued the directive to prohibit the hanging of tarpaulins of candidates running for next year’s polls inside cemeteries.


Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on November 03, 2015.

Sought for comment about this, Carillo told Sun.Star Cebu yesterday that he has been giving at least 100 bottles each to the different south district barangays since last year for their activities.

However, he said he has no hold on how the barangays are going to use them.

“Di man na intended solely for kalag-kalag. Para na sa ilang mga activities. Wa na koy kalibutan giunsa nila pag-gamit kay ila na man na. Nangutana sila nako kung pwede ba manghatag, I told them naa ra man na ninyo basta I already gave the bottled waters to you (It’s not intended solely for the kalag-kalag. Those are for their activities. I have no idea how they’re using it because it’s already their. They asked me if it’s okay yo distribute them, I told them it’s up to them since I already gave them to you),” he said.

Carillo said he has been giving water to the villages for their barangay assemblies, women’s activities and zumba activities, among others.

The number of bottles he is giving to the barangays depends on how much they ask for.

The councilor said he used his personal money for this project.

Carillo said he is not taking advantage of the huge crowd going to cemeteries by distributing bottled water to push for his candidacy in the 2016 polls.

“Di na take advantage kay wa man koy gibutang diha nga ‘for congressman.’ Councilor man na akong gibutang diha (It’s not taking advantage since I did not put something like ‘for congressman.’ I only put Councilor),” he said. “Ako unya nang ilisan (I will soon change that),” he jokingly adds.

By PRINCESS DAWN H. FELICITAS



Controversy.  Bottles bearing Councilor Carillo’s name cause a stir in social media, but the councilor says he spent his own money for it and distributed them to the barangays for their activities. (Photo taken from Pulitika sa Sugbo Facebook page)


BOTTLED water bearing the name of Cebu City Councilor Gerardo Carillo were allegedly distributed in cemeteries during the observance of the All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day.

Photos of the bottled waters were shared over social media by Facebook user “Pulitika sa Sugbo.”

The bottles have a green print that says “Gerry A. Carillo. Councilor-Cebu City South. Padayon ang Serbisyo.”These were bottled by Voda Water and Ice Ventures, a business owned by the councilor.

“Kay gibawal man sa mayor ang pagbutang ug mga hulagway sa menteryo, pwes naay nangitag paagi para makalusot (Because the mayor prohibits putting images in cemeteries, thus someone found a way),” reads the caption of the photos.

Carillo is Team Rama’s candidate for the south congressional seat in the 2016 elections.

Ni Bryner L. Diaz (Banat) | Updated November 2, 2015 - 12:00am


CEBU, Philippines â€" Napalgan na lang nga patay na ang usa ka lalaki nga naghikog  sa usa ka kahoy kilid sa ila’ng balay pasado alas 7 sa buntag sa miagi’ng adlaw sa barangay San Antonio, lungsod sa Boljoon.

Ang lalaki naila nga si William Endrina, 21, molupyo sa mao’ng dapit.

Si PO2 Rex Pelonio, desk officer sa Boljoon Police Station, niingon nga ang inahan ni William nga si Juana ang nakakita nga nagbitay na sa punoan sa Gemilina ang anak. Dali siya’ng nanawag og tabang apan diha’ng gidala na sa Oslob District Hospital si Willian, gideklarar na kini nga dead on arrival.

"Sukad ni’ng iya’ng uyab nipunta na diha sa siyudad, sige na ni’ng gahilak, sige’ng tulala si William,” matud ni Pelonio.

Matud sa inahan ngadto sa mga polis nga ang picture sa uyab gusto usab nga sunogon.

Nagduda ang inahan nga tungod sa uyab naghikog ang iya’ng anak. â€" /GMR) (BANAT NEWS)

Quote from: hubag bohol on November 02, 2015, 03:26:20 PM
Atol sa pagresponde sa grupo ni Berry sa dapit, wala na nila masuta ang gidaghanon sa basiyo sa armas nga gigamit sa pagpamusil kang Borres tungod kay gipamunit na kini sa mga silingan sa biktima.

Mao na ni ron...

Ni HERTY B. LOPEZ


MAG-UUMA nga nag-ihaw og baboy para rasyon sa kalag-kalag ang girakrakan patay sa wala mailhing mamumuno kagahapon sa buntag.

Nakaangkon og ubay-ubay nga samad pinusilan si Melencio Borres, 37, dihang gipusil patay sa duha ka mga lalake, duol sa panimalay niini sa Sitio Cantipla Uno, Brgy. Tabunan dakbayan sa Sugbo.

Si Borres, minyo ug residente sa lugar, nag-ihaw og baboy alas 10:00 sa buntag dihang kalit nga aduna’y riding-in-tandem nga niduol sa dapit diin nag-ihaw ang biktima.

Base sa imbestigasyon sa Homicide Section sa Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) pinaagi ni SPO2 Wetzel Berry nga ang nag-angkas mao ang nipusil kang Borres dihang nagsakay pa kini sa motorsiklo.

Dugang niya nga gidul-itan si Borres sa mamumuno ug wala pa kini matagbaw, gipusil kaupat.

Ang asawa sa biktima nga si Rovilyn, 36, nagkanayon nga wala’y kontra ang iyang bana ug wala usab kini’y nahuna-hunaan nga rason sa pagpamusil patay sa iyang bana. Atol sa pagresponde sa grupo ni Berry sa dapit, wala na nila masuta ang gidaghanon sa basiyo sa armas nga gigamit sa pagpamusil kang Borres tungod kay gipamunit na kini sa mga silingan sa biktima.

Nakaangkon og samad pinusilan si Borres sa iyang dughan ug dead-on-the-spot kini nga naabtan sa kapulisan.


Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Cebu Nobiembre 02, 2015.

NAHABWA ang tinai sa usa ka maestro human kini dunggaba sa iyang higalang nasuko sa komedya atol sa disco sa fiesta kagahapon sa alas 2:30 sa kaadlawon sa Barangay Maluray, lungsod sa Dalaguete.

Si Raul B. Paz, 40, minyo, maestro sa Malones Elementary School sa Dalaguete, taga Barangay Casay sa nahisgutang lungsod, dead-on-arrival (DOA) sa tambalanan.

Wa na igkita si Crispin Tangpos, 50, mag-uuma, buwag sa asawa, taga Barangay Maluray, kinsa da­ling misibat human sa krimen.

Si PO2 Leon Gesim, sakop sa alert team sa Dalaguete Police Station nga nahinabi sa Sun.Star Superbalita, nagkanayon nga ang biktimang maestro namista sa maong dapit uban sa iyang pamilya sanglit kay taga diha man usab ang asawa niini.

Nakainom si Paz nga midisco uban sa mga kabanay ug suspek.

Si Tangpos, giingong walay daghang pangutana kalit gihansakan niya sa dalang kutsilyo ang tiyan sa biktima hinungdan sa pagkahabwa sa tinai.

Mikaratel kini sa pagdagan palayo sa lugar ug gibilin ang kutsilyo nga may gitas-on nga 18 ka pulgada.

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on October 31, 2015, 09:10:16 PM
“Ingon ni mayor (The mayor said) nothing has changed ug magpadayon daw siya sa iyang soul searching karong (and he said he will continue with his soul searching this) All Soul’s Day,” Go said.

Happy soul-searching, Mayor...

He he...

No shortage kay andam jamo sa pagpahinungod sa mitaliwan...

Na hala, na hello...

Hmm, morag si Bugsay, et. al. man ang gipatamaan ani...

The Deccan Traps near Pune, Marahastra, India

The Deccan Traps near Matheran, east of Mumbai, India

The Deccan Traps as seen from Matheran, Maharashtra, India

Labingli didikitid to Tsayna:   

Wa man lagi koy makita nga hulagway, Aylandil...

WAY kabutangan sa kasuko sa usa ka professor nga mister human iyang naaktuhan nga mikanaug ang iyang asawa gikan sa usa ka Montero Sports nga sakyanan nga gihalokan sa batan-on nga nag-drayb niini alas syete sa gabii niadtong Huwebes.

Sa maong takna, gidala sa professor nga si alyas Richard, 45, taga Barangay Duterte, Agdao District, siyudad sa Davao, ang iyang misis nga si Marissa, 39, didto sa buhatan sa Women and Children's Protection Desk (WCPD) sa Sta. Ana Police Station.

Sa pagpanubay sa Sun.Star SuperBalita sa WCPD kagahapon, gibutyag sa mga naka-duty nga pulis nga wa na madala sa mister ang giingong driver sa Montero Sports nga gisakyan sa iyang asawa gumikan pakyas kining misunod sa patrol sa pulis.

Giingong nga sa paggawas ni Richard sa ilang gate, higayon sab nga minaug iyang asawa, apan wa pa niya kini mahalata gumikan hinay-hinay nga migawas sa pultahan.

Dihang iyang nasuta nga iyang asawa ang minaug, nagpangagot na siya ug misamot ang iyang kalagot dihang giayo'g halok sa drayber nga gibanabanang nagpangedaron og 27-anyos.

Mitawag og pulis ang professor, wa sab niya gipabiya ang sakyanan human nasuta nga nagluib diay si misis nga nagsulti nga di na maayong modala si mister sa ilang relasyon.

Pag-abot sa pulis, misakay ang mag-asawa sa patrol car ug gipasalig sa drayber sa Montero nga mosunod siya sa presinto uno.

Naglansis ang drayber nga di ibilin ang sakyanan kay basin ma-karnap.

Walay nahimo ang WCPD, gawas sa pagtala sa hitabo dungan sa pagduso sa kaso sa barangay level.
Ang maong hitabo gihisgutan sab sa jailer kagahapon didto sa Sta. Ana Police Station. (Jeepy P. Compio)


Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Davao Oktubre 31, 2015.

Unsa kaha intawoy giawayan. Wa pud tingali mag-ilog sa mga isla...

While launching the project, Modi had said, “Every Indian regrets Sardar Patel did not become the first prime minister. Had he been the first prime minister, the country’s fate and face would have been completely different.”

Patel is often referred to as the “Iron Man of India” and widely acknowledged for coercing India’s princely provinces to join the Union of India, soon after independence in 1947. But, as Reuters wrote in 2013, “many in Gujarat feel Patel’s legacy has been neglected by the Congress party, and Modi has been quick to use that to his advantage.”

In July 2014, the construction of the project was awarded to local infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) after it bid the lowest among other companies. The project is expected to cost Rs3,000 crore ($770 million), making it one of the costliest statues in India.

“All details pertaining to project operations are internal to our company, and are bound by contracts with our clients,” L&T told Outlook. L&T is yet to respond to a questionnaire from Quartz.

Opposition parties have meanwhile mocked the government for outsourcing the statue to China.

“The Modi government, which talks of Make in India, has been unable to get the statue of Sardar Patel, the builder of modern India, built in the country,” Abhishek Manu Singhvi, a Congress party spokesperson, said.

WRITTEN BY Manu Balachandran
6 hours ago
Quartz India


By April 2018, India will be home to the world’s tallest statue.

The colossal monument, known as the Statue of Unity, will be a statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, a firebrand Indian freedom fighter and the country’s first home minister. When completed, the Statue of Unity will be 182 metres tallâ€"or twice the height of the Statue of Liberty.

But Indians won’t be building it.

Instead, 700-odd workers in the eastern Chinese province of Nanchang will smelt and cast components for the statue at the Jiangxi Tongqing Metal Handicrafts Company, the world’s biggest foundry. Many of them are expected to come to India by the end of the year to help with the construction at Sadhu Bet, a river island in the western Indian city of Vadodara.

“We are at present making a 30-feet bronze statue here in our studio in Noida,” Ram V. Sutar, the 90-year-old Delhi-based designer of the statue, told Outlook magazine. “The main statue will be made in China and I will go there to supervise it. We are making the prototype and in China they will enlarge it before casting. It will be made in parts and assembled here.”

The making of this statue is in stark contrast with Modi’s ambitious Make in India campaign, under which he plans to scale up manufacturing in the country. It was Modi himself who had launched the ambitious Statue of Unity project in 2013, in the run-up to the Indian general election of 2014.

Ni Bryner L. Diaz (Banat) | Updated October 21, 2015 - 12:00am


CEBU, Philippines â€" Patay na nga nalandig sa tambalanan ang usa ka negosyante nga kaubang nagkaon sa iyang asawa diha sa Carbon Public Market human kini gipusil sa wa mailhing mga tawo pasado alas 7 niadtong Lunes.

Ang maong lalaki naila nga si Genaro Subing-Subing, 48, taga Mercado Compound, barangay Punta Princesa sa dakbayan sa Sugbo.

Base sa imbestigasyon sa kapolisan nga ang biktima kauban sa iyang asawa didto sa ilang tindahan sa Carbon.

Pasado alas 7 sa gabii ang magtiayon mikaon sa ilang panihapon apan samtang nag-estorya sila kalit lang may duha ka lalaki nga nagsakay og motor ang miabot.

Nagtuo sila nga adunay paliton ang duha kay diha man nihunong sa atubangan sa ilang tindahan.

Ang angkas sa motor miduol ngadto sa tindahan ug kalit nga mibunot sa wala pa matino nga kalibre sa armas ug gipusil ang ulo sa biktima.

Naigo sa iyang tuong apapangig ang biktima ug natumba sa yuta samtang ang mitira kaniya daling midagan paingon sa motor dayong sibat.

Daling gidala sa Cebu City Medical Center ang biktima apan gideklarar na kini nga dead on arrival.

Gituohan sa kapolisan nga adunay nakabikil ang biktima ug gisusi na nila karon ang mga kalihokan niini sa nangaging mga adlaw. â€" /EIM) (BANAT NEWS)

Grace under pressure...

Quote from: islander on October 21, 2015, 12:45:40 AM

Spotted by Rappler David Lozada on Facebook

Bwahaha! Hurot akong bilib sa mga Singkit!

Chinese deputy consul, finance officer dead in Cebu shooting
By: Doris C. Bongcac
@inquirerdotnet
Inquirer Visayas
05:13 PM October 21st, 2015


CEBU CITY, Philippines â€" Councilor Dave Tumulak, head of the Cebu City’s Command Center, confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that Chinese deputy consul Sun Shan and finance officer Hui Li have died at a Cebu City hospital where they were rushed after they were shot at a restaurant.

The police said the two were declared dead on arrival at the hospital.

He said Sun was hit in the neck and Li  in the head during the shooting inside a function room of the Lighthouse Restaurant along General Maxilom Avenue in Cebu City.

He said Sun was a deputy consul in the Chinese consulate in this city while Hui was the consulate’s finance officer.

Cebu’s Consul General Song Rong Hua, who was also wounded, was in stable condition, said Tumulak.

The three were part of nine  Chinese nationals who were having lunch inside the function room past 1:30 p.m. when shots were fired.

Chief Insp. Romeo Santander, City Intelligence Branch of the Cebu City Police Office, said two suspects were detained.  They were  Li Qing Liang and  his wife, Gou Jing.

Based on the footage of the closed circuit television camera, Li walked out of the restaurant shortly after the shooting. He left behind his firearm, a .45 caliber pistol. The firearm was later hidden by his wife.

The couple were arrested at the Chinese consulate office at the Cebu Business Park during a hot pursuit operation, said Santander.  SFM

Things are pretty dry in California at the moment. The Golden State is currently experiencing one of the worst droughts on record, a natural disaster that’s lasted four long years. In fact, things are getting so bad that earlier this year, Gov. Jerry Brown issued mandatory water cutbacks of 25 percent. And that’s pretty bad news if you’re a blade of grass. Thanks to the shortage, Californians can only water their lawns two or three times a week (down from the usual four or five), and lawns across the state are now a nasty brown.

Hoping to keep things nice and tidy, some Californians have torn up their lawns, replacing the grass with rocks, native plants, or artificial substitutes. But if people aren’t willing to tear up their yards, there is one inventive solution. Enter David Bartlett, the brains behind Xtreme Green Grass. Give Bartlett a phone call, and he’ll show up at your home armed with a sprayer and plenty of paint. That’s right. For 25 cents per square foot, Bartlett and his crew will paint your grass green.

“It’s just like hair dye,” Bartlett explained to The Sacramento Bee. He also says his paint is all-natural and won’t harm the environment in any way. And according to Bartlett, his method is a whole lot cheaper than replacing your entire lawn with native plants. Xtreme Green Grass also offers a special service around Christmastime. If you want that winter wonderland look, Bartlett will paint your lawn white to give it that festive feel. True, David might find himself out of a job once it starts raining again, but at the moment, business is booming. -- http://listverse.com/

Hmm, maybe these feral cats are descended from criminal forebears?

Quote from: islander on October 20, 2015, 01:30:23 PM

Hmm, di man ni belat. Well, it's just a slight difference in angling and all, but is unmistakable to an experienced belat watcher.

Take a look at this authentic belat:





See what I mean?

http://www.theguardian.com/
Oliver Milman
@olliemilman
Thursday 16 July 2015 08.12 BST Last modified on Thursday 16 July 2015 08.15 BST


The Australian government has pledged to kill two million feral cats and create new safe havens for native animals in an attempt to improve the fortunes of 20 mammal, 20 bird and 30 plant species that are at risk of extinction.

Federal environment minister, Greg Hunt, unveiled a five-year threatened species strategy at Melbourne zoo on Thursday, promising to “halt and reverse the threats to our magnificent endemic species”.

The first 10 mammal species identified for priority action are the numbat, mala, mountain pygmy-possum, greater bilby, golden bandicoot, brush-tailed rabbit-rat, eastern bettong, western quoll, Kangaroo Island dunnart and eastern barred bandicoot.

A further two â€" the leadbeater’s possum, Victoria’s faunal emblem that was recently listed as critically endangered, and the central rock rat â€" will get “emergency interventions”, Hunt said.

The environment minister, who announced the bird species that will receive help on Wednesday, said that two million feral cats, a major cause of native mammal and bird declines, will be wiped out “humanely” by 2020.

Well, if you're talking about gooseneck barnacles, oh yes...

Not bad, Aylandil. OK, sigi, pakapinan ta ka ani...

450-Year-Old Church Emerges From Reservoir As Water Levels Drop
The church was built in 1564 and abandoned two centuries later.
Ed Mazza
Overnight Editor, The Huffington Post
Posted: 10/19/2015 12:30 AM EDT


A drought in southern Mexico has caused water levels to fall so much that the remains of a long-abandoned, 16th-century church are now visible above the waterline.

The Temple of Santiago, also known as the Temple of Quechula, normally rests under nearly 100 feet of water since the completion of a dam in 1966 created the Nezahualcoyotl reservoir in Chiapas. But the drought has caused water levels to drop by more than 80 feet, leading to eerie sights such as this one: